Fireplace fender and screen.



I 0. M. YARBQROUGH. FIREPLACE FENDER AND SCREEN.

APPLICATION IILED MAY 4, 1910.

v976,767. Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

FIREPLACE FENDER AND SCREEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application filed May 4, 1910. Serial No. 559,376.

'I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Crrxnnns MILTON Yannonon'cri, a citizen of the United States, residing at Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful lmpro-vements in Fireplace Fenders and, Screens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lire place screens and fenders, and pertains especially to a double fender and screen and means for supporting the same on the tire irons.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and useful improvements in lire place fenders and screens, and to furnish novel and peculiar means for attaching and applying the same to andirons of any of the usual or ordinary type.

A further object of the invention is to provide a special bracket adjustably attachable to ordinary andirons and having such construction as to afford means for removably holding a grate fender and a screen perpendicular to such irons.

Various other objects, advantages and improved results will be found in the practical application of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application: Figure 1 is a front view with one of the andirons partly broken away. Fig. 2 is an end View. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of the fender and the screen frame. Fig. t is a perspective view of one part or half of the screen frame. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the brackets. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective View of one of the top end portions of the fender, showing means of adjustment.

The same reference numerals denote the same parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The andirons 1 are of the usual type commonly used for fire places. The grate fender is composed of duplicate parts adjustable lengthwise one upon the other by means of holes and set-bolts 5, and each part or member of the fender has a bottom bar 6 and a top bar 7 connected by vertical slats or ribs 8, which project below the bottom bar 6 for the purpose hereinafter described.

The device and means for supporting and holding the fender in uprightposition or perpendicular to the andirons comprises a pair of brackets, each of which consist of a pair of lL-shaped hanger-plates 9 having a series of holes 10, for bolts 11, which clamp or tie the plates together and to the andirons, said plates having a slot 12 in their upper end, and a slot 13 in their lower end at right-angles to the top slot 12. The bottom bar 6 fits into the slots 12, and certain of the slats 8 fit into the slots 13, so as to removably hold the fender in vertical position on the andirons. It is obvious that the brackets may be moved back and forth on the irons so as to vary the position of the fender with respect to the front of a fire place without removing the fender from the brackets, and that such brackets may be applied to irons of various size.

The telescopic screen or guard is made especially for the grate fender, and is adapted to be placed and removed relative to the fender, and is adjustable lengthwise on and with the fender in its adjustment by reason of its peculiar construction as will now be described. The telescopic screen frame comprises two parts 15 and 16, each of which is composed of a single wire or rod length or piece, both of which being bent in the same manner and for the same purpose, only one of them will be described in detail. The rod or wire is coiled to form eyes 17 with an inner end member 18 between the eyes, and it is extended from the eyes horizontally so as to form top and bottom parallel members 19 and 20 respectively, the rod being bent at right-angles to the top member 19 to form an outer end member 21 which extends below the bottom member 20 and is joined with a similar extension 22 of the bottom member by a twist 2 1, whence the said extensions depend to a bend 25 and are projected together from such bend to form an offset arm 28, on an angle, preferably up wardly, to a point or bend 26, whence they are projected vertically and parallel with said depending portions and terminate in downwardly turned portions forming ahook 27, said rod portions being twisted together at 28, between the hook 27 and the bend 26. Each end of the frame parts is provided with a wire or rod 29, to which rods the wire gauze or mesh 30 and 31 are attached. The hooks 27 fit over the top bars 7 of the grate fender, whereby the screen is supported and held above the fender, and is projected for ward from the fender the length of the arms 23. The screen is adjustable lengthwise by reason of the rods extending one through the eyes of the other.

It is obvious that the fender and the screen may be adjusted jointly lengthwise as desired without separation, and that the fender holds'the screen forward from and above the fender so that the whole fire place is fully protected and accessible.

Having thus described my invention what ,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

t 1. The combination, with andirons, and a fender-having vertical slats and a horizontal bottom bar, of means for holding the fender upon the irons, comprising "a pair of plates for each iron, and bolts for clamping the plates to the irons, each of said plates having a slot for the said bar and a slot for certain of the said slats.

2. The combination, with andirons, and a fender having a horizontal bottom bar, and vertical slats, of a pair of L-shaped plates for each iron, the long arm of each plate having a slot in its end for the said bar and the short arm of each plate having a slot perpendicular to the long arm slot for certain of the said slats, and means for clamping the plates to the irons.

3. The combination with andirons, a fender comprising horizontal bars and vertical slats, and a pair of plates secured to and depending from each iron and each plate having. a slot to hold one of the bars and a slot to hold certain of the slats for holding the fender on the irons, of a twopart telescopic screen-frame each part comprising an individual wire which is coiled to form corner eyes for sliding engagement with the other part and extended from such eyes to form a rectangular frame-part, the wire being joined together at and depending from one end of said frame-part, such oined' portion of the wire being inclined upwardl from said depending portion to form 0&- set arms and extending vertically from the arms and terminating in hooks for hanging the screen to the fender in vertical position. 45

In witness whereof Ihereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. MILTON YARBORQUGH.

Witnesses:

C. B. FREEMAN, TIMOTHY H. GERATY. 

